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Idioms: in the world, the classroom and English as a Lingua Franca

Idioms: in the world, the classroom and English as a Lingua Franca. What is English as a Lingua Franca?. ‘English when it used as a contact language between people from different languages ( including native English speakers )’ (Jenkins, 2014: 24). EFL. E L F. ESL. L1.

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Idioms: in the world, the classroom and English as a Lingua Franca

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  1. Idioms: in the world, the classroom and English as a Lingua Franca

  2. What is English as a Lingua Franca?

  3. ‘English when it used as a contact language between people from different languages (including native English speakers)’ (Jenkins, 2014: 24).

  4. EFL ELF ESL L1

  5. What is the place of idiomaticity in English as a Lingua Franca?

  6. idiomatic usage, slang, phrasal verbs, puns, proverbs, cultural allusions and the like...as far as ELF is concerned, this sort of knowledge of the English language is ‘irrelevant’ (Jenkins, 2000: 220).

  7. What do we mean by idiomaticity?

  8. ‘an idiom is a combination of two or more words which function as a unit of meaning’.

  9. She turned on me A different kettle of _____ (to be) glad to see the _____ of (someone) To put your ______ in it

  10. She turned on me A different kettle of fish (to be) glad to see the back of (someone) To put your foot in it

  11. What can happen to idioms in the classroom?

  12. ? I learnt how to make Turkish coffee easily, but Italian espressowas a completely different kettle of fishes.

  13. ? Mrs Johnson said she wasglad to see Pablo’s back

  14. ? Raffaella was having an argument with her sister when she suddenlyturned me on

  15. ? I’d forgotten that Mrs Matthews’ sister died last week, so when I asked who the photograph was of, I reallyput my foot on it.

  16. Why is idiomaticity important?

  17. Idiomaticity = fluency (?)

  18. ? tested

  19. Idiomaticity embodies shared knowledge and culture

  20. What happens when shared knowledge and shared culture are absent?

  21. ‘unilateral idiomaticity’ situations in ELF when

  22. Rafael Benitez: ex-manager of Liverpool football club

  23. ? • Journalist:Rafa, you seemed to beunder the cosh a littlebit, didn't you?

  24. Rafa Benitez: Yes, I thought we played very good football and we pressed and pressed them and did well to convert our chances.

  25. Two Can and must play at the idiom game

  26. ? Benitez: Some people cannot see a priest on a mountain of sugar

  27. ? Benitez: We have a saying in Spanish: White liquid in a bottle has to be milk

  28. ‘These idioms involve both the influence of the speakers’ first language and the desire to accommodate towards an interlocutor to enhance understanding’ (Jenkins, 2014: 34)

  29. What can we do with idiomaticity in the ELF classroom?

  30. Teaching and testing

  31. Shuttling between varieties…

  32. EFL ELF ESL L1

  33. We have to move from an either/or orientation in the testing debate to a both and more perspective Canagarajah, 2006: 233-239

  34. Posing the options as either ‘native English norms’ or ‘new Englishes norms’ is misleading – a proficient speaker of English in the postmodern world needs both. That is, the ability to negotiate varieties… Canagarajah, 2006: 233-239

  35. In the classroom: principles Encourage intercultural understanding and accommodation Aim for comfortable intelligibility

  36. In the classroom: practice • ‘noticing’ activities • translation • paraphrase • contrastive idiomaticity • songs • poems • newspapers • podcasts • the internet • set up interactive contexts • idioms in discourse

  37. EFL ELF ESL L1

  38. ‘ELF:a jointly-performed dance’ (Aston, 1993: 228)

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